Liz Crowley

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  www.hellman.com/newsDetail.cfm?newsid=59 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/22/2008    Last Visited: 9/26/2008  

  Hellman Field is a valued gem in our community, and we're all so proud of it," said Liz Crowley, Principal at the Dr. Walter Cunningham School for Excellence.

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  www.gothamgazette.com/article/fea/20080602/202/2542 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/2/2008    Last Visited: 6/3/2008  

  District 30 Candidates: Charles Ober, Elizabeth Crowley, Thomas Ognibene, and Anthony Como
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  Serphin Maltese and Queens County Board of Elections commissioner, and on the Democratic side, Elizabeth Crowley, who ran against Gallagher in 2001 and whose cousin heads the Queens Democratic Party and is a member of Congress.
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  Crowley touted her experience as an urban planner.
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  Como is stumping on "People First," while Crowley has tweaked her slogan to "Schools First."
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  Crowley calls herself an "environmentalist."She drives a hybrid, has a master's degree in urban planning and two kids in the public schools.She's been a resident of the area all of her life.Her parents served on the City Council, representing some of the same neighborhoods she now is vying to take over.
  
  Her critics cite nepotism, saying she is just another member of a politically powerful family and not necessarily representative of the change the neighborhood needs.Given the council's tainted reputation currently, her Democratic opponent cites fines Crowley incurred from the city's Campaign Finance Board following her 2001 race, where she failed to respond to allegations of fraud.
  
  The Glendale resident has also received flak from a powerful neighborhood civic organization for skipping a debate in order to attend a local newspaper's editorial meeting.
  
  Crowley has landed several key endorsements, including those of council members Joseph Addabbo and Eric Gioia, Rep.

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  "We combined three populations that were probably the lower-achieving populations of our district," Principal Liz Crowley said.

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  Published on: 5/5/2002    Last Visited: 5/5/2002  

  Guest speaker will be Elizabeth Crowley, principal of Grant School.In the fall, she will be principal of the new Dr. Walter Cunningham School of Excellence.
  
  Crowley, a Waterloo native, is a graduate of EastWaterloo High School and received her degree in elementary education from the University of Iowa in Iowa City.She taught at Polk Elementary School for5 1/2 years and obtained her master's degree in education administration from U of I.
  
  Crowley became principal at Grant in 1998.She is a member of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Iowa Board of Directors and is on the Mayor's Millennium Task Force.Recently she was named educator of the year by the Black Social Workers of Waterloo.
  
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  There's a municipal election today and I came across Elizabeth Crowley's Web site.She's running for school board.I'm not sure what bothers me most: That she decided to disable the right mouse button (context menu) on her Web site and have an annoying message pop up instead, that JavaScript allows you to disable the right mouse button, or that Mozilla implements that aspect of JavaScript.

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  Published on: 9/23/2005    Last Visited: 8/2/2007  

  "Our students and staff are very grateful for the partnership we have with Community National Bank," said Elizabeth Crowley, Principal of the Dr. Walter Cunningham School for Excellence.

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  Crowley is principal of school named for mentor - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/19/2003    Last Visited: 2/1/2003  

  Crowley is principal ofschool named for mentor
  
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  Crowley knows her ship is sailing smoothly, thanks to the staff that surrounds her.
  
  "The staff at Cunningham, we work hard," she says."I can't say enough about them.We all really work together."
  
  She also credits her friend and mentor, the late Walter Cunningham, for teaching her to see the calm inside the storm.
  
  "Walt Cunningham broke the mold.
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  A 1987 East High graduate, Crowley knew early on she would be an educator, following in the footsteps of her parents, James and Charlene Mont-gomery.She received her bachelor's degree in education in 1992 and her master's degree in education administration in 1997 from the University of Iowa.
  
  She was a teacher at Cedar Rapids Polk Elementary school when she was called upon to serve as principal of now-defunct Grant Elementary School.It was her work there that afforded her the opportunity head up the new Cunningham School, which saw its first students in August.
  
  "Fate opened up some doors for me," she says.
  
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  Liz Crowley, principal of the Dr. Walter Cunningham School for Excellence, credits her success to the support of her family and life lessons from her role model, the late Waterloo Schools administrator after whom the new school was named.
  
  The first few months of operations at Cunningham school have been good, Crowley says, although it's going to take a good year to work out the kinks.She feels up to the challenge.
  
  "My parents expected me to give school everything I had, and I've carried that into adult life.My husband supports me also.A lot of people have affected who I am," she explains.
  
  Crowley loves her work as a principal, but misses the magic moments of teaching, particularly the look on a student's face when he or she catches on to something new.
  
  "Now I spend more time dealing with the choices kids make and their families," she says."It's the day and age we live in.I think a principal's job description looks a lot different than 10 years ago."
  
  Crowley expects to stick around Waterloo for awhile.It's her home base, the perfect place for she and her husband Scott, a mechanical engineer for John Deere, to raise their 21-month-old daughter, Nia Symone.
  
  "This is home for us," she says.
  
  Read other articles from The Progress Edition:• Economic development, one hit at a time• Sell keeps UNI-Dome hopping
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  • Crowley is principal of school named for mentor• Willette credits people with bank's success• Waverly mayor keeps tabs on the facts• Pursuit of dream keeps bar owner in business• Love for kids motivates director of development center

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  Published on: 8/11/2002    Last Visited: 8/11/2002  

  "This year we didn't want to abandon the (year-round) concept just because we had to start later," said Principal Liz Crowley.Research has shown students on a year-round schedule are better at retaining knowledge due to the shorter, more frequent breaks.
  
  In addition, Cunningham is starting classes an hour before other district elementary schools based on research that younger children are more productive learners earlier in the day.Classes will run from 7:45 a.m. to 2:35 p.m., the same schedule as the middle and high schools.
  
  Outfitting students in uniforms is another unique feature of the school intended to place a greater focus on learning.
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  "It just ensures that we do our best to make sure all those things listed on that are fulfilled," said Crowley."We can also use it as a reminder if we start forgetting some of the things."
  
  Building ready inside
  
  The timing of the first day accommodated the construction schedule as workers finished final details inside the building and demolished Grant.
  
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  "Pretty much on the inside we're going to be ready," said Crowley."The library is going to be our biggest challenge with the number of books that have to be shelved."
  
  But the appearance of Cunningham's grounds has caused some people to call questioning if the school will really be ready to open.
  
  The area in front of the school, which will eventually be a parking lot and lawn, is now an expanse of black dirt.A huge mound of earth north of the building rests on a future soccer field.
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  "We anticipate a beautiful front courtyard area," said Crowley.
  
  The attendance boundaries for Cunningham, expanded beyond Grant to draw in more students, also include 60 percent of the Roosevelt Elementary and approximately 20 percent of the McKinstry Elementary areas.
  
  "We will open probably at capacity," said Crowley, which means 450 kindergarten through fourth-grade students plus 40 preschoolers.Among those students, Crowley estimated there are about 30 who transferred in from other areas.
  
  Cunningham also features a curriculum that looks different from other district schools.A main feature of that will be blocks of time when everybody in the building or at a grade level is studying the same subject.This is to encourage flexibility for the learning needs of individual students and collaboration between classes.
  
  The day will start with a 20-minute social skills class focusing on topics such as respect, courtesy, fairness and sharing.Then students will spend 45 minutes on Reading Mastery.
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  Crowley said teachers were talking about these initiatives before learning a new school would be built.
  
  "We're hoping to see our students improve," she explained."We've been making decent gains in our testing, but we want to see better results.
  
  "Hopefully, maybe we have come up with a recipe to help our students achieve to the best of their ability."
  
  Chris Murphy puts bar codes on books at the new Dr. Walter Cunningham School for Excellence media center in preparation for the first day of classes Wednesday.

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  Published on: 10/30/2002    Last Visited: 10/30/2002  

  Most schools use the money for after-school tutoring programs, Crowley said.A $25 fee was charged to students participating in the afternoon activities.
  
  "We're kind of glad it's only for one week this year," said principal Liz Crowley."It gives us a chance to get our feet wet and get ready for the longer ones."
  
  Crowley is unsure how future intersessions will work and how much programming will be available.She hopes parent surveys handed out later this week will point them in the right direction for future planning.
  
  Many of this year's workshops centered around patriotic themes and personal heroes.
  
  In one classroom, about a dozen students, still sporting their Cunningham uniforms, learned about the traits many of their heroes possess.Third-grader Jerra Nash was busy drawing a picture of her hero -- her mother.
  
  "She's nice to me.
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  "We are trying to be as consistent as possible," Crowley said."We want to keep it as much like a regular school day as possible."
  
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  Published on: 8/7/2006    Last Visited: 8/7/2006  

  "We combined three populations that were probably the lower-achieving populations of our district," Principal Liz Crowley said.
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  Crowley said she believes that as long as students in single-gender classes have the same materials, instruction and quality of teachers as other classes, the school does not violate the laws.

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